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October 10 2006

Photograph of a brightly painted Hindu temple gopuram or tower facing a clear blue sky, with many tiers of colourful stucco figures in red, yellow, green and blue. Several deity sculptures stand in niches, including a multi-armed figure in the centre holding objects, and a coiled multi-headed serpent form on the right, with a reclining figure beneath it.

A richly ornamented temple gopuram facade under a pale sky, its tiers covered in painted stucco sculptures of deities, dancing figures, lions, makaras and floral scrollwork in red, yellow, green, turquoise and cream. Niches framed by pillars with rounded bases hold standing and seated divine figures, and a frieze of animals runs along the lower band above the stone entrance. No people are visible, and the page's a person flag is not supported by any figure in the image.

Photograph of a multi-tiered South Indian temple gopuram facade with richly painted stucco figures of deities, sages and attendants in niches, some with raised hands and instruments. Below the central shrine niche hangs a rectangular banner in pink and white with a central temple illustration and Ganesha images at its corners. Green leaves and a tree branch frame the upper left and right, and a blue sky shows behind. No physical people are visible.

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A photograph of a colourfully painted Hindu temple gopuram and roof cornice. Above, a tiered tower with yellow and green makara-like finials and a small shrine niche holds a bell-shaped motif. Below the cornice, four painted stucco figures stand in a row: at left a nude figure with a rudraksha-like necklace, second a crowned deity figure in orange dhoti with hands raised, third a figure in white dhoti holding a staff with palms together in namaskar, and at right a figure with a garland. No living people are visible.

Photograph of the colourful gopuram-style entrance of the Sri Thanumalayan Thirukkoyil temple at Suchindram, Tamil Nadu. Sculpted deity murti on a central shrine arch show Shiva seated on a white bull (Nandi) with a consort, and a figure on a white swan-like vahana to the right; flanking arches hold guardian figures painted in blue, green, and orange. Above is a stacked gopuram with dense white stucco figures. A blue-lettered sign reads 'Siva Siva', and a white board below carries the temple name in Tamil. No people are visible.

A photograph of a South Indian temple gopuram-style entrance and mandapam with a richly painted sculptural roofline. Colourful deity and figure sculptures in red, green, yellow and blue crown the structure, with a bull and other figures visible above. Stone pillars with carved bases stand in the foreground beside a grey granite wall, under strong sunlight and dappled tree shade. Two small figures are faintly visible at the far left entrance. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.

A photograph of a colourful South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, a tiered gateway tower densely covered with painted stucco sculptures of deities, figures and animals in red, green, blue and yellow. A smaller temple shrine with a golden domed roof and carved finial stands in the foreground left, and a wooden pole frames the view at right. A metal railing crosses the bottom of the frame. No people are visible.

A photograph of a brightly painted temple gateway tower (gopuram-style) seen from below against a cloudy sky, with a hillside behind it and overhead power lines crossing the frame. The tower is decorated with red and blue painted panels, green and gold trim, a row of black finials on top, and a stucco figure of Ganesha with an elephant head on the lower facade, flanked by painted animal sculptures. A blank rectangular signboard is mounted on the roof. No people are visible.